"Bad teaching is teaching which presents an endless procession of meaningless signs, words and rules, and fails to arouse the imagination."

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Source : W. W. Sawyer (2012). “Mathematician's Delight”, p.32, Courier Corporation

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“Language is the mother, not the handmaiden, of thought; words will tell you things you never thought or felt before.”
“All truth is one. In this light, may science and religion endeavor here for the steady evolution of mankind, from darkness to light, from narrowness to broad-mindedness, from prejudice to tolerance. It is the voice of life, which calls us to come and learn.”
“I was always into very androgynous things. Guys, girls... I'm into androgyny in general.”
“There is no emptiness without appearance, and there is no appearance without emptiness. That is what we call the interdependent nature.”
“My songs are about not knowing who to be and not knowing how to act.”
“Nato allies have been looking at various missile-defence options for some time. Nato itself is developing protections for our deployed troops.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.”
“This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So when the whole thing spills, you arenâ€™t as devastated.”

Source : Emily Giffin (2010). “Something Borrowed: A Novel”, p.176, Macmillan

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